The enemy of your marriage and family doesn't want you 'bad', he wants you busy. Because saying "yes" to one thing is ultimately saying "no" to something else. As a couple, you need to come together and decide "what's important to US?" What are you all about as a couple? What is your family's mission statement? (Did you know God has a specific mission for your marriage?) Let Jay and Laura help you find yours at jayandlaura.com under "coaching" with the code "married up"!

You are going to be so inspired as you listen to our interview with Lance and Alison Welch about how to  navigate the process of creating your ideal family legacy! Lance wrote the book "The Legacy Navigator" which is packed with stories of how others have created powerful, multi-generational impact for their family and instructions on how to do it for yours. We cover some of those and give you resources to create your own personal family legacy. Together, Lance and Allison host the "Beyond The Nest Podcast" as well! Legacy is not just about what you leave behind; it's the deliberate actions and choices you make today that ripple long after you're gone.

Betrayal and Infidelity don't happen overnight. There are warning signs and a lead up that can be recognized and intercepted. Today we'll talk about some of those! But even in the crushing aftermath of total betrayal there is hope for those whose Father is the master restorer! He can bring even very dead things back to life. Jim is the author of the book "Hope is Where the Heart is: A Story of Marriage Broken and Restored" and as we interview Jim and Shannon Porteau, you'll be amazed at their journey and what God has done and is now doing in their restored lives and marriage! 

This week we're talking to award-winning Gospel recording artist Alvin Slaughter and his wife, Joy, who is a Board Certified Master Life Coach! Together they get very honest about some of their past marriage struggles as well as some of the most common issues and solutions among married couples that Joy sees week to week in her coaching! There is, for sure, something here for you in what they share! Find more on that coaching at: Gracefulmarriagecoaching.com

This week we interview Apollos and Amy Hall, who together lead "Mending Eden" Thirteen years ago, just one year into marriage, Apollos and Amy Hall stood on the brink of separation. Yet what seemed like the end, became the turning point of a powerful transformation. Choosing to fast and pray for 21 days they sought God’s direction and He gave them a vision for their marriage. After you hear their story you're going to want to try something similar because the results are amazing!

Today we kick off a brand new season of amazing interviews on The Married Up Podcast. (AUDIO FILE NOW REPAIRED) We begin with Jesse and Natalie Weedman. Natalie wrote Creative Comfort about their experience walking through one of the hardest and most heartbreaking things a marriage could survive - the loss of a young child. You will be blown away by how God met them in their lowest moments and their testimony now, and you'll be encouraged to build into your marriage now the foundations that can carry heavy weight together one day  - should you ever need to.

Let's be clear, human love fails. But God offers us a love that does not, and He also offers to enable us to live out unfailing love in our marriage.

Have you ever had a coach or mentor who believes in you much that they practically WILL-you to be better? This is what love does. It's not pessimistic jaded or critical, but it believes for the best and strains forward to reach it. Let's talk about how spouses can be that for each other through all the ups and downs.

Love says "You are safe with me. I will keep your secrets. I will correct you in privately while praising you publicly and even take the fall with you or for you. You can trust that I will put your good ahead of my own.  Let's talk about how these ideas play out in marriage!

Here's another great way your marriage makes you better - When you are "equally yoked" (as the Bible calls it) you have effectively DOUBLED your ability to hear from the Holy Spirit! And when stand together, against evil, and for truth together, and are open to correction from each other, you are so much stronger!